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@ccanonne.github.io

Congratulations to Venkat Guruswami, new director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing (@simonsinstitute.bsky.social)! And congrats to us, the Theoretical CS community, for having someone as good, dedicated, and wonderful as him at the helm of a place so important to us! #TCSSky

30/10/25, 8:18 pm3 reposts37 likes

Ryan O'Donnell

@booleananalysis.bsky.social

Hear hear!

Venkat was previously Interim Director: the announcement he has now become the third Director was just sent on the Institute's mailing list. He's following Richard Karp (2012–2017) and Shafi Goldwasser (2018–2024): big shoes to fill, yes—and there's no doubt he'll fill them!